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• IPSA consults on MPs’ pensions / 08 February 2012

  IPSA has today announced that it is continuing the pay freeze on MPs and is launching a public consultation on its recommendation to increase MPs’ pension contributions by 1.85%. Given the recent pay...

• Prime Minister responds to IPSA announcement on MP pension consultation / 08 February 2012

  http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/response-to-ipsa-announcement/ ​

• The Compliance Officer for IPSA launches new procedures for investigations / 02 February 2012

  Further details can be found on the Compliance Officer website via the link below.     http://www.parliamentarycompliance.org.uk/News4.html ​  

• New Compliance Officer for IPSA / 17 January 2012

  Peter Davis has been appointed as Compliance Officer for IPSA. Peter retired from the police service as a chief superintendent in 2010, after more than 30 years of service. Since then, he has worked f...

• MPs' expenses and costs for August and September 2011 / 12 January 2012

  As part of its regular and routine publication of MPs’ costs and expenses, IPSA has today released details of claims processed in August and September 2011. The details added to IPSA’s publication web...

• IPSA press release in response to publication of CME report / 12 December 2011

  We have read the latest select committee report on MPs’ costs and expenses with interest. We will consider their recommendations as we carry out our current annual review of the Scheme. On some areas ...

• Annual review of the MPs’ Scheme of Expenses and Costs / 24 November 2011

  IPSA is today launching its annual review of the MPs’ Scheme of Expenses and Costs. This is the second annual review and it will focus on the provisions for MPs’ staff and the involvement IPSA should ...

• Publication of MPs’ costs and expenses from June and July 2011 / 03 November 2011

  As part of its regular and routine publication of MPs’ costs and expenses, IPSA has today released details of claims processed in June and July 2011. The details added to IPSA’s publication website in...

• Survey on MPs' pay and pensions / 20 October 2011

  As the first step in its work on MPs’ pay and pensions, IPSA commissioned a survey to find out what the public perception is about an MP’s pay and against which jobs the public believe an MP’s could b...

• CEO Andrew McDonald returns to work / 20 October 2011

  Andrew McDonald has returned to work following surgery to treat prostate cancer.​

• IPSA given responsibility for MP pay and pensions / 17 October 2011

  “It is a welcome and progressive step that the practice of MPs agreeing their own pay and benefits has now ended. From today all aspects of MP remuneration will be decided independently and following ...

• IPSA response to CSPL report / 15 September 2011

  We are surprised by the views expressed by Sir Christopher Kelly about the public’s confidence in MPs with regard to MPs’ expenses, not least as they are based on a survey conducted at the end of last...

• Publication of MPs' costs and expenses from April and May 2011 / 08 September 2011

  As part of its regular and routine publication of MPs’ costs and expenses, IPSA has today released details of claims processed in April and May 2011. The details added to IPSA’s publication website i...

• IPSA CEO Andrew McDonald / 04 August 2011

  IPSA CEO, Andrew McDonald, will be out of the office from 8 August undergoing a further operation to treat prostate cancer. In his absence Scott Woolveridge, our Operations Director will deputise.​

• Compliance Officer / 28 July 2011

  Luke March has offered his resignation as Compliance Officer, which the chair of IPSA, Sir Ian Kennedy, has accepted with immediate effect. An exchange of letters setting out the reasons is below.   ...

• IPSA publishes MPs' annual expenditure / 21 July 2011

  Having introduced the routine and frequent publication of MPs’ parliamentary and business costs, IPSA is also committed to publishing a summary of expenditure by MP once a year. For the first time, to...

• Publication of MPs' expenses from March 2011 / 07 July 2011

  As part of its regular and routine publication of MPs’ expense claims, IPSA has today released details of processed in March 2011.The details added today to IPSA’s publication website include 17,500 c...

• Annual Report and Accounts 2010-2011 / 07 July 2011

  IPSA has today published its annual report and accounts. The report can be found here: http://www.parliamentarystandards.org.uk/About%20Us/Corporate%20Publications/Annual%20Report%20and%20Accounts%2...

• IPSA welcomes NAO report / 07 July 2011

  Today we welcome the NAO’s report which finds that IPSA was set up with commendable speed, has made a significant contribution to increasing public confidence on the issue of MPs’ expenses, and that, ...

• CEO Andrew McDonald returns to work / 28 June 2011

  Andrew McDonald, IPSA chief executive, has today returned to work following a period of absence while recovering from surgery to treat prostate cancer.​

• Publication of MPs' expenses / 02 June 2011

  As part of the routine publication of MPs’ expenses, IPSA has today loaded new claims onto its dedicated publication website. The latest release includes details of almost 35,000 claims with a value...

• IPSA takes on responsibility for MPs' pay / 19 May 2011

  “We welcome today’s announcement that Parliament has given IPSA the responsibility for determining MPs’ pay.   In the past year we have overhauled the MPs’ expenses system, and introduced independent ...

• IPSA response to Parliamentary motion - 12 May 2011 / 13 May 2011

    An IPSA spokesman said:   “Of course it is for Parliament to decide on such things, but the creation of yet another group of MPs to consider their own expenses is surprising.   "On behalf...

• Publication of MPs’ expenses from November and December 2010 / 04 April 2011

  As part of its regular and routine publication of MPs’ expense claims, IPSA has today released details of claims made in November and December 2010. The details added to IPSA’s publication website in...

• New edition of MPs' expenses rules published / 25 March 2011

  25 March 2011PRESS NOTICE Today IPSA has unveiled a package of adjustments to the rules governing MPs’ expenses and simplifications to the process for claiming them. For the first time, IPSA has intr...

• Date for publishing updated MPs' expenses scheme / 10 March 2011

  10 March 2011 IPSA has today announced the date on which it will publish the updated MPs' expenses scheme. Following the recent public consultation on the expenses scheme, we are analysing the respo...

• Update on Andrew McDonald / 10 February 2011

  10 February 2011 Andrew McDonald, IPSA’s Chief Executive, is expecting to be away from his desk for four weeks from 28 February. In Andrew’s absence our Director of Operations, Scott Woolveridge, wi...

• Publication of MPs' expenses / 03 February 2011

  3 February 2011Publication of MPs' Expenses As part of its regular publication of MPs’ expense claims, IPSA has today released details of claims paid in September and October 2010. The latest inform...